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Alpha to Beta blogpost series

In December 2021, our Training team launched a new series of provider feedback surveys to understand which parts of the HESA collection cycle are the most challenging and why, and whether our existing training products can be improved. Their latest blog shares what they’ve learnt from your responses and how it's being put into action.

We emailed the following Data Futures programme update on 11 April to all Accountable Officers / Heads of provider. If you have any feedback or queries, please contact [email protected]. 

HESA researchers explore the relationship between socioeconomic disadvantage and graduate outcomes.

HESA researchers explore the relation between graduates' own assessments of their work and the occupational classification of those jobs.

5.3% of young, full-time, first degree entrants in 2019/20 did not continue past their first year of study. This is the lowest non-continuation rate to be observed since UK Performance Indicators have been calculated.

HESA researchers look further at the utility of their new measure of disadvantage to the higher education sector.

In a follow up to his recent blog on weighting, Jonathan Waller (Director of Data and Innovation) shares some positive changes to the publication of the third year of Graduate Outcomes survey data due for release at the end of May.

As I enter my tenth year at HESA I’ve been reflecting on the changes I’ve seen during my time in Liaison and Training. Alongside the relentlessly nice people working here, the other main attraction at HESA is the job satisfaction from helping providers and that no day is ever the same.

90.2% of young UK full-time first degree entrants were from state schools or colleges.